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The Willow Tree

March 30, 2011
By Phina ELITE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Phina ELITE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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"Some of the best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller

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I saw a willow tree today
Bending in the middle
Like a sad old woman
Her hair
Hanging down in sad old vines.

I gazed at it
Whipping out my sketchbook
But I put it back
Some things simply can't be drawn

I saw a few teenagers
They ignored me and walked by
I don't exist
Not in their world

The world of bright eyes
And star-crossed lovers
No
Not me

© Nicole N., Wilton, CT

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